Where does “ալեհերձ” come from?

ալեհերձ (Armenian) comes from Armenian ալիք, from Old Armenian ալիք, from Old Armenian ալի, from Indo-European *pelH-.

ալեհերձ (Armenian): wave-breaking

Definitions

  1. wave-breaking

Ancestry of “ալեհերձ”, step by step

ալեհերձ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian ալիք

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianալիքwave; channel; grey hair
2Old Armenianալիքnominative plural of ալի; wave, gray hair
3Old Armenianալիwave, billow, surge, swell of the sea; gray hair;...
4Indo-European*pelH-—

via Armenian հերձել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianհերձելto dissect, to make a postmortem, to perform an autopsy on
2Old Armenianհերձեմ—
Every word from Indo-European *pelH- →Every word from Old Armenian ալի →Every word from Old Armenian ալիք →